It’s nearly go time in Year 1 of the Les Miles era at the University of Kansas. With the KU football team’s season opener rapidly approaching, Miles and the Jayhawks will spend most of the upcoming four weeks making sure they’re as prepared as possible to put a competitive product on the field and distinguish themselves from KU teams of recent memory. Exactly how successful they prove to be in those ...
A first-string linebacker for the Kansas football team at the conclusion of spring practices, on the eve of preseason practices Drew Harvey has left the program and reportedly entered the transfer portal. According to a Thursday report from 247 Sports, citing a source with access to the list of available transfers, Harvey’s name is now in the portal, indicating his interest in leaving KU to play elsewhere. A ...
The Kansas football team’s veterans feel at this point like they know head coach Les Miles relatively well, after spending eight months around the man who was hired to turn around the program. That doesn’t necessarily mean, though, that they have a strong sense of what awaits them at their first preseason camp with Miles in charge. “I’m ready for anything,” senior running back Khalil Herbert ...
It’s true that Les Miles after more than two years away from the college football coaching world is taking on a monumental task in attempting to reinvigorate a long flatlining Kansas football program. In the eight-plus months since Miles began this endeavor, however, the 65-year-old football coach with an impressive résumé heads into his first season in Lawrence not only confident, but also willing to make ...
For the second time since he became the head football coach at the University of Kansas, a son of Les Miles has entered the NCAA’s transfer portal. According to a report from 247 Sports, Ben Miles, a sophomore walk-on fullback at Texas A&M, has put his name in the system, indicating his interest in joining a different college football program. Earlier this year, Manny Miles, a walk-on quarterback at ...
When the Kansas football team makes its debut under head coach Les Miles on Aug. 31, the players who end up starting within the defensive front won’t exactly enter the opener with name recognition. Mostly unproven and inexperienced, KU’s defensive line and linebacker groups lost the bulk of their starters from a year ago. The only player returning who started at least six games in 2018 is junior linebacker ...